Description: Freeman's Store was the building on the left which in 2017 was the Southwest Cycle Shop. The Moody Mermaid and the Carroll Building are on the right.
To get this photo, I waited until late fall after the leaves were gone. I parked at the Holiday Inn which was closed for the season and walked across Route 3 to the metal guard rail along the section of road that crosses Duck Brook. Once in the ravine, I located a spot at the edge of the water that I thought had the clearest view of the bridge, and even from there I could only see two of the three arches. The left and right arches each span 89', but in the photo, the left arch is completely obscured by evergreens. I set up a tripod with a Canon 5D Mark III camera and a Canon 24mm tilt/shift lens. With the camera mounted in landscape orientation, I shifted the lens all the way down to capture the lower part of the scene and all the way up to catch the top of the bridge. Because the ravine was deep in shadow while the inner part of the center arch was in full sunlight, I had to take multiple exposures ranging from a half second to 125th second, which is seven full stops, at f/11 with ISO set to 50. Later in Lightroom and Photoshop, I stitched the lower and upper halves and manually blended the exposures. Note also that I focused on the bridge, but also took a shot focused on the large rock in the foreground and blended-in parts of that image to get more depth of field. - George Soules
Description: To get this photo, I waited until late fall after the leaves were gone. I parked at the Holiday Inn which was closed for the season and walked across Route 3 to the metal guard rail along the section of road that crosses Duck Brook. Once in the ravine, I located a spot at the edge of the water that I thought had the clearest view of the bridge, and even from there I could only see two of the three arches. The left and right arches each span 89', but in the photo, the left arch is completely obscured by evergreens. I set up a tripod with a Canon 5D Mark III camera and a Canon 24mm tilt/shift lens. With the camera mounted in landscape orientation, I shifted the lens all the way down to capture the lower part of the scene and all the way up to catch the top of the bridge. Because the ravine was deep in shadow while the inner part of the center arch was in full sunlight, I had to take multiple exposures ranging from a half second to 125th second, which is seven full stops, at f/11 with ISO set to 50. Later in Lightroom and Photoshop, I stitched the lower and upper halves and manually blended the exposures. Note also that I focused on the bridge, but also took a shot focused on the large rock in the foreground and blended-in parts of that image to get more depth of field. - George Soules [show more]
Built in Thomaston in 1967 by Roger Morse to a 1905 half-model made by Roger's grandfather Charles Morse. Ralph Stanley at helm. On board: owners Rodney Flora and Jill Schoof, Marion Stanley
Description: Built in Thomaston in 1967 by Roger Morse to a 1905 half-model made by Roger's grandfather Charles Morse. Ralph Stanley at helm. On board: owners Rodney Flora and Jill Schoof, Marion Stanley
Vessel Name – "Victory Chimes" - Built as "Edna and Maud "Class – Ram Schooner Masts - 3 Rig – gaff rigged Designed by – J.M.C. Moore Built by – D.E. Phillips & Co. Build date - 1900 Gross tons - 208 LOA – 140’ Length to bowsprit – 132’ Sparred length – 170’ Beam – 25’ Draught – 7’6” – 18’ centerboard down Sail area – 7,100 sq. feet Chesapeake Ram Schooner “Victory Chimes” was built as the “Edwin and Maud” designed by J.M.C. Moore (John Middleton Clayton Moore) in 1900 and built at the Bethel Marine Railway, formerly known as the Lewisville Marine Railway, the Delaware yard of the George K. Phillips Company.
Description: Vessel Name – "Victory Chimes" - Built as "Edna and Maud "Class – Ram Schooner Masts - 3 Rig – gaff rigged Designed by – J.M.C. Moore Built by – D.E. Phillips & Co. Build date - 1900 Gross tons - 208 LOA – 140’ Length to bowsprit – 132’ Sparred length – 170’ Beam – 25’ Draught – 7’6” – 18’ centerboard down Sail area – 7,100 sq. feet Chesapeake Ram Schooner “Victory Chimes” was built as the “Edwin and Maud” designed by J.M.C. Moore (John Middleton Clayton Moore) in 1900 and built at the Bethel Marine Railway, formerly known as the Lewisville Marine Railway, the Delaware yard of the George K. Phillips Company. [show more]